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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Luis Ramirez-arizmendi, South Riding, VA (US);
Heather D. Hamje, Green Lane, PA (US);
Inventors:
Luis Ramirez-Arizmendi, South Riding, VA (US);
Heather D. Hamje, Green Lane, PA (US);
Assignee:
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a method to determine the cetane number of a diesel fuel containing a fatty acid alkyl ester including determining the infrared spectrum of the fuel and correlating the spectrum to the cetane number using a multivariate-based Mid-FTIR model. The fatty acid alkyl ester may be rapeseed methyl ester and the infrared spectrum includes the frequency ranges 4900-3500 cmand 2200-1624 cmor the frequency ranges 4900-3500 cm2200-1800 cmand 1700-1624 cm.